Parakeet

Parakeet is a name given loosely to many different species of parrots, often unrelated, and sharing some general characteristics such as small-to-medium size and long tails.

Parakeet
Sun conure Aratinga solstitialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Superorder	Psittacimorphae
Order	Psittaciformes
Family Information
Family	Psittacidae
Population statistics

The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) is the parakeet familiar to people around the world, the most popular cage bird of any kind.

Phylogeny

The following families and genera have species which have been called parakeets:

• Family Psittacidae (true parrots)

Subfamily Loriinae (lories and lorikeets)

Subfamily Psittacinae (tropical parrots and parakeets)

Tribe Arini

Genus Aratinga (conures)

Blue-crowned conure, Aratinga acuticaudata

Brown-throated conure, Aratinga pertinax

Caatinga parakeet, Aratinga cactorum

Cherry-headed conure, Aratinga erythrogenys

Cuban parakeet, Aratinga euops

Dusky-headed conure, Aratinga weddellii

Finsch's conure, Aratinga finschi

Golden-capped parakeet, Aratinga auricapillus

Green conure, Aratinga holochlora

Jenday conure, Aratinga jandaya

Mitred Conure, Aratinga mitrata

Nanday conure, Aratinga nenday

Olive-throated conure, Aratinga nana

Orange-fronted conure, Aratinga canicularis

Peach-fronted conure, Aratinga aurea

Red-throated conure, Aratinga rubritorquis

Scarlet-fronted conure, Aratinga wagleri

Sun conure, Aratinga solstitialis

White-eyed conure, Aratinga leucophthalma

Genus Brotogeris

Canary-winged parakeet, Brotogeris chiriri

Cobalt-winged parakeet, Brotogeris cyanoptera

Golden-winged parakeet, Brotogeris chrysoptera

Grey-cheeked parakeet, Brotogeris pyrrhoptera

Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis

Plain parakeet, Brotogeris tirica

Tui parakeet, Brotogeris sanctithomae

White-winged parakeet, Brotogeris versicolurus

Genus Conuropsis

Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis

Genus Guarouba

Golden conure, Guaruba guarouba

Genus Leptosittaca

Golden-plumed parakeet, Leptosittaca branickii

Genus Myiopsitta

Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus

Genus Pyrrhura (Central and South American parakeets)

Tribe Psittaculini (Asian parrots and parakeets)

Genus Psittacula

Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria

Blossom-headed parakeet, Psittacula roseata

Blue-winged parakeet, Psittacula columboides

Grey-headed parakeet, Psittacula finschii

Layard's parakeet, Psittacula calthropae

Long-tailed parakeet, Psittacula longicauda

Lord Derby's parakeet, Psittacula derbiana

Mascarene grey parakeet, Psittacula bensoni (extinct)

Mauritius parakeet, Psittacula echo

Newton's parakeet, Psittacula exsul (extinct)

Nicobar parakeet, Psittacula caniceps

Plum-headed parakeet, Psittacula cyanocephala

Red-breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri

Réunion parakeet, Psittacula eques (extinct)

Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri

Seychelles parakeet, Psittacula wardi (extinct)

Slaty-headed parakeet, Psittacula himalayana

Subfamily Platycercinae (broad-tailed parrots)

Tribe Melopsittacini

Genus Melopsittacus

Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus

Tribe Platycercini (Australian broad-tailed parrots, rosellas)